# List of Portuguese submissions for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film

Since 1980, Portugal has submitted films for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film every year but one (1981). The award is given annually by the United States Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to a feature-length motion picture produced outside the United States that contains primarily non-English dialogue.
Forty Portuguese films have been submitted to the Academy for consideration for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. As of the 96th Academy Awards, none has been nominated; Portugal holds the record of the most submissions without a nomination in the category. One fifth of Portugal's submissions (8 out of 40) were directed by the prolific Manoel de Oliveira. The Portuguese animated short film Ice Merchants, by João Gonzalez, was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film at the 95th Academy Awards, becoming the first Portuguese film to receive an Oscar nomination.

## Submissions

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has invited the film industries of various countries to submit a film for consideration for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film (now Best International Feature Film) since 1956 (before this, it was given as an honorary award from 1947 to 1955). The Foreign Language Film Award Committee oversees the process and reviews all the submitted films, releasing a shortlist of 10 films in mid-December. Following this, they vote via secret ballot to determine the five nominees for the award.
The Portuguese nominee is selected by a jury selected by the Instituto do Cinema e do Audiovisual  [pt] (in English, the Cinema and Audiovisual Institute). but 2012 was the first year the choice was made by the newly Portuguese Academy of Cinema. All films are in Portuguese except for 2007's French language Belle Toujours. In 2003 Portugal submitted A Talking Picture, which featured a combination of English, French, Greek, Italian and Portuguese. 2013's submission Lines of Wellington was a combination of Portuguese, English and French.
| Year (Ceremony) | English title | Portuguese title | Director | Result |
| 1980: (53rd) | Morning Undersea | Manhã Submersa | Lauro António | Not nominated |
| 1982: (55th) | Francisca | Francisca | Manoel de Oliveira | Not nominated |
| 1983: (56th) | No Trace of Sin | Sem Sombra de Pecado | José Fonseca e Costa | Not nominated |
| 1984: (57th) | Dead Man's Seat | O Lugar do Morto | António-Pedro Vasconcelos | Not nominated |
| 1985: (58th) | Ana | Ana | Margarida Cordeiro & António Reis | Not nominated |
| 1988: (61st) | Hard Times | Tempos Difíceis | João Botelho | Not nominated |
| 1989: (62nd) | The Cannibals | Os Canibais | Manoel de Oliveira | Not nominated |
| 1990: (63rd) | The King's Trial | O Processo do Rei | João Mário Grilo | Not nominated |
| 1991: (64th) | O Sangue | O Sangue | Pedro Costa | Not nominated |
| 1992: (65th) | Day of Despair | O Dia do Desespero | Manoel de Oliveira | Not nominated |
| 1993: (66th) | Abraham's Valley | Vale Abraão | Manoel de Oliveira | Not nominated |
| 1994: (67th) | Three Palm Trees | Três Palmeiras | João Botelho | Not nominated |
| 1995: (68th) | God's Comedy | A Comédia de Deus | João César Monteiro | Not nominated |
| 1997: (70th) | Voyage to the Beginning of the World | Viagem ao Princípio do Mundo | Manoel de Oliveira | Not nominated |
| 1998: (71st) | Anxiety | Inquietude | Manoel de Oliveira | Not nominated |
| 1999: (72nd) | The Mutants | Os Mutantes | Teresa Villaverde | Not nominated |
| 2000: (73rd) | Too Late | Tarde Demais | José Nascimento | Not nominated |
| 2001: (74th) | Camarate | Camarate | Luís Filipe Rocha | Not nominated |
| 2002: (75th) | O Delfim | O Delfim | Fernando Lopes | Not nominated |
| 2003: (76th) | A Talking Picture | Um Filme Falado | Manoel de Oliveira | Not nominated |
| 2004: (77th) | The Miracle According to Salomé | O Milagre segundo Salomé | Mário Barroso | Not nominated |
| 2005: (78th) | Noite Escura | Noite Escura | João Canijo | Not nominated |
| 2006: (79th) | Alice | Alice | Marco Martins | Not nominated |
| 2007: (80th) | Belle Toujours | Belle Toujours | Manoel de Oliveira | Not nominated |
| 2008: (81st) | Our Beloved Month of August | Aquele Querido Mês de Agosto | Miguel Gomes | Not nominated |
| 2009: (82nd) | Doomed Love | Um Amor de Perdição | Mário Barroso | Not nominated |
| 2010 (83rd) | To Die Like a Man | Morrer Como Um Homem | João Pedro Rodrigues | Not nominated |
| 2011 (84th) | José and Pilar | José e Pilar | Miguel Gonçalves Mendes | Not nominated |
| 2012 (85th) | Blood of My Blood | Sangue do Meu Sangue | João Canijo | Not nominated |
| 2013 (86th) | Lines of Wellington | Linhas de Wellington | Valeria Sarmiento | Not nominated |
| 2014 (87th) | What Now? Remind Me | E Agora? Lembra-me | Joaquim Pinto | Not nominated |
| 2015 (88th) | Arabian Nights: Volume 2 – The Desolate One | As Mil e Uma Noites: Volume 2, O Desolado | Miguel Gomes | Not nominated |
| 2016 (89th) | Letters from War | Cartas da Guerra | Ivo M. Ferreira | Not nominated |
| 2017 (90th) | Saint George | São Jorge | Marco Martins | Not nominated |
| 2018 (91st) | Peregrinação | Peregrinação | João Botelho | Not nominated |
| 2019 (92nd) | The Domain | A Herdade | Tiago Guedes | Not nominated |
| 2020 (93rd) | Vitalina Varela | Vitalina Varela | Pedro Costa | Not nominated |
| 2021 (94th) | The Metamorphosis of Birds | A Metamorfose dos Pássaros | Catarina Vasconcelos | Not nominated |
| 2022 (95th) | Alma Viva | Alma Viva | Cristèle Alves Meira | Not nominated |
| 2023 (96th) | Bad Living | Mal Viver | João Canijo | Not nominated |
| 2024 (97th) | Grand Tour | Grand Tour | Miguel Gomes | Not nominated |